lineage emily miller depue clay born in louisanna desc. of benjamin depue d/o abraham depue and margaret rhea granddau. of benjamin depue and elisabeth ayres gr-granddau of abram depue and elisabeth hoffman gr-gr-granddau of benjamin depue and caterina van campen gr-gr-gr-granddau, of abharam van campn benjamin depue (1729-1811) an associator of northampton co. and a member of capt. john arndt's company, 1776. he was born at kingston, n.y.; and died at northampton co., pa. adelaide vernooy brodhead born in n.y. desc. of lt. moses de puy jr.; cornelius de puy, peter vernooy and corneiluis vernooy, of n.y. d/o melford vernooy and martha decker granddau of joseph vernooy and maria du puy gr. granddau 0f cornelius de puy and sarah vernooy, peter vernoooy and maria clearweter gr-gr-granddau of moses de puy, jr., and gretzie schoonmaker; cornelius vernooy and helena louw moses de puy, jr. served in the ulster co., mil. his home was used as a fortress in which neighbors gathered for safety. he died at rochester, in 1802. aged 84 cornelius de puy enlisted at age 16 peter vernooy was one of the defenders of the fort at wawarsing, aug 22, 1781. mary ellen sweet born in il. desc; capt. anthony van etten, benjamin cuddeback and major johh decker, all of n.y. d/o martin pierce sweet and catharine van etten granddau. of anthony van etten, jr., and jemina cuddeback gr-granddau of anthony van and hannah decker and of benjamin cuddeback gr-gr-granddau of jacob van etten and anttje westbrood and john decker. anthony van etten, capt. during the war, was killed by indians in 1778. and his home set fire by the indians and tories commanded by brandt benjamin cuddeback, srv as pvt. at ft. montgomery and in the defense of ft. gumaer on the frontier of orange co. john decker, srv in orange co. mil. and was wounded and narrowly escaped/ Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: geri brennan Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:29 AM To: jpatter@comcast.net, pamonroe@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAMONROE] taxables-1761 history of wayne, pike and monroe counties. rev. war burials decker abraham, ashland co., ohio cornelius, broome co., n.y. daniel, sussex co., n.j. david, bingham, me david, moscow, me elisha, delaware twp. pike co., pa evert, ulster co., n.y. godfried, red cross, pa jacob, elmira, n.y. johannes 2nd, shawangunk, n.y johannes jacob, lebanon co., pa john sr., knox co., in. joseph, orange co., n.y, joseph, knox co. in. josiah, sussex co., n.j. lawrence I. columbia, n.y luke, knox co., in. peter, owasco, n.y philip, orange co., n.y, rev. war-pensions decker abraham, cont. line and pa. line. soldier was born in sussex co., n.j. applied in richland co., ohio, srv with bro. benjamin abraham, pa. line, applied in pike co., pa., aged 79, a resident of delaware twp. and soldier was born there in 1754 and always lived there. soldier mentions 2 cousins who were killed by the indians, david and henry decker along with isaac dingman adam, n.y. line andrew, n.y. line benjamin, S42670, pa. line, applied 1818 luzerne co. a resident of northumberland co. soldier enlisted at mt. bethel, northampton co., pa. in 1820 soldier had a wf aged 66 and a son aged 21 christoper, n.y line elias, n.j. line, applied 1851 hancock, ohio, aged 90. soldier was born 30 may 1761 in northampton co., pa and lived in upper smithfield, pa. isaac, pa. line, applied in genesse, n.y. soldier enlistedin minisink in delaware twp. in northampton, pa. jacob, pa. line,was born 19 april 1756 in tulpehocken, berks co., pa michael, pa. line, also the indian war in 1792, 1795, 1796 and also the war of 1812, applied in berks co., pa. Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: joe patterson Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:37 PM To: geri brennan Subject: Re: [PAMONROE] taxables-1761 hi Geri on this Decker entry...... where did it come from? The Deckers mostly from a NY family who came here from Holland, but back in the 1640's or so..... to NY and then some drifted south to PA and NJ and then back and forth across the Delaware R between NJ and PA. A Most confusing bunch..... Joe On Mar 11, 2008, at 4:26 PM, geri brennan wrote: > stroud twp. > decker, benjamin emigrated from holland, he became a soldier of the > rev. on his discharge he moved to stroud twp., his children were, > james, sally, w/o __ pugh, lydia, w/o john de long, anne, w/o george > white, and susan. james decker married sally james, of smithfield > twp., and had children-rachel, lydia, rebecca, mary ann, benjamin, > john, charles, and de pue, of whom de pue and mary ann (gordon) are > the only members of the family still residing in the twp. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message